Means for producing montage type prints



NOV. 12, 1940. L, A MORRIS 2,221,004

MEANS FOR PRODUCING MONTAGE TYPE PRINTS Filed Feb. 27, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ,1%74 7.261J 2261, J2@ JZ SENS/772.50 PAPE/2.

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l NV E N TOR LAWRENCE MQQ/S SYM ATTORNEY Nov. 12, 1940. L. A. MoRRxs 2,221,004

MEANS FOR PRODUCING MONTAGE TYPE PRINTS Filed Feb. 27, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTQRN E Patented Nov. 12, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Lawrence A. Morris, Chicago, Ill., assigner of thirty-five per cent to Frank W. Ketchum, Chicago, Ill.

Application February 27, 1939, Serial No. 258,607

4 Claims. (Cl. 8824) This invention is a method and device for producing, by projection methods, what is known in the photographic trade as photo-montage prints, that is, a series of prints, usually taken from a plurality of negatives, arranged in close but usually strikingly irregular juxtaposition to one another and appearing in the final print as` a single print or picture.

It is one of the chief objects of my invention to provide a means whereby montage type prints or photographs, heretofore diiilcult to make, may be easily and successfully made by even a novice in the art of photographic printing.

A further object of my invention is to provide a method and means for producing montagetype prints on a single piece of sensitized paper, without the necessity of fitting a number of individual prints together, then re-photographing the same and printing from the newly made negative, as has been one method used in the past.

A further object of my invention is the Provision of a method and means for producing montage type prints without the necessity of individually masking each print in the projector, as has been another method of producing such prints in the past.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a device and method of printing photographs of the montage type capable of permitting a Wide variety of choice as to the shape of the individual photographs forming the resulting print.

A still further object of my device is the provision of a photo printing apparatus in combination with a means for indicating the areas of the f sensitized paper which have been exposed.

Other and further objects of my invention will be apparent from the drawings and from the detailed description which follows:

On the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the preferred form of my invention as to its general construction and illustrating a typical configuration (two pieces being shown as removed) for the pieces or mats preferably forming a regular iigure when assembled, and which overlie the sensitized paper on which the print is made. I

Fig. 2 illustrates that typical irregularly shaped piece or mat shown as removed from that area marked a in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 illustrates that typical rectangular piece or mat shown as removed from that area marked b in Fig, 1.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional View taken along the line 4 4 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated, but with some of the knobs or handle means which would normally appear in elevation being omitted for the sake of clarity.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a typical modified configuration (three pieces being shown as removed) for the pieces or mats overlying the sensitized 5 paper before thesaxne is developed.

Fig'. 6 illustrates that triangular piece or mat shown as removed from the area marked c in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 illustrates the pairof pieces or mats l0 shown as removed from that area marked d in Fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is an end elevational view of the device looking from the direction of the end nearest the counting means otherwise shown on the drawl5 ings.

Fig. 9 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 9-9 of Fig, 1.

Y As shown on the drawings:

The numeral Il is used to indicate a regularly 20 shaped, preferably rectangular back portion or frame which is recessed, as shown in Fig. 4, to provide a rim or retaining edge portion I Ia preferably shaped so that its edges are parallel to the edges of back portion II. The numeral IIb is 25 used to illustrate a plurality of holes or apertures in the back portion I I which extend therethrough and are provided to permit gummed tape (not shown) to be placed thereacross from the back for retaining the sensitized paper in iixed but 30 removable position in the recessed portion IIa of the back portion I I.

The numeral I2 is used to indicate any one of the separately removable pieces or mats which overlie the sensitized paper (not shown). Each 35. piece or mat I2 is preferably provided with a knob or handle means IZa on which numerals (typically illustrated in the drawings) are indicated, the said handle means permitting individual removal of each piece or mat.

Illustrated at the top portion of Fig. 1 and also in Figs. 8 and 9, is my preferred form for the counting or indicating means for ready lndication and visualization of the exposed areas on the sensitized paper. In this form a series of counters or indicators I3 are arranged in a row, as shown, each button being numbered to correspond to a removable piece or mat I2. As particularly shown in Figs. 8 and 9, each button is strung 50 upon and carried by a rod I4, journalled at each of its ends in the abutments I5 shown in Fig. 8. As illustrated in Fig. 9 the forwardmost edge of each counter is square as at I3a and the rearwardmost edge is beveled oii as at |312 so that the 

